My first Riv was an orange canti post Hillborne that must have been some sort of prototype or something because it did not have a serial number on the bottom bracket. I bought the frame when they had some sale years ago, so I guess I'm in the double top tube category even though I'm too short to get a double top tube. That's about when I got back into biking after a decade of not and I found out about Rivendell. Prior to that I rode a '96 specialized stumpjumper which I still have and a Trek FX, which was a really good bike.
Second Rivendell was a Roadeo, then an Atlantis, now all three are sold. This past year I purchased an Appaloosa and have set it up for gravel riding. My riding has changed over the years (first mtb, then road riding, and am now primarily a dirt rider)...I would really like a Bombadil. I should have bought one way back when. I'm all about the lugs if I'm buying an expensive bike, so if it doesn't have them I expect to pay less. I do dig the long chainstays for gravel riding and they aren't terrible on the singletrack I ride either. On Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 6:55:34 PM UTC-5, Philip Williamson wrote: > Recent discussions make me wonder, what epoch of Rivendell bikes or > aesthetic most appeals to list members? > > Which era do you identify with the most, or like the best? > Is it the era you first encountered Riv in, or did you look back through > the back catalog and say, "That's the one for me?" Or did you arrive early, > travel into the future with Rivendell and love best what's happening now? > > - Are you a "*Proto-Riv*" aficionado of Longlows, Allrounders, and > Herons? > - A "*Golden Ager*?" Are Herons, Rambouillets, and Salukis your > favorites? > - Or are you a "*2TTer,*" a Bombadil, Hunq, and Sam Hillborner? > - A "*Clemster*" and a Rosco? > - Have you become a "*New Atlantean*?" A Swoop-a-tuber, Hill-biker, > and a Gus Bootster? > > Are these fixed preferences, or have you been most into a different era > before? Do you have shadings of more than one? I first encountered Riv in > the Proto era, looking at the All Rounder. Overall I'm a Golden Ager, but > the New Atlantean age is looking pretty attractive. > > Philip > Santa Rosa, CA > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
